Category Archives: Food

Trump Take Brisket (or, Where’s the Beef?)

Posted on September 23, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

In Texas, no less. This can’t be good for Republicans in Texas (boldface mine): Last week, Andrew Soto learned the wholesale price of his brisket had increased by $1 a pound, a dramatic leap even at a time of soaring … Continue reading →

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One More Reason HHS Secretary Kennedy Should Be Removed from Office: Listeria

Posted on September 1, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

As if the body count and illness from Kennedy’s anti-vaccine policies won’t be bad enough, he’s also undermining food safety (boldface mine): As of July 1, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) program has reduced surveillance to just two … Continue reading →

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Republicans, As They Always Do, Want to Cut Meals on Wheels

Posted on April 28, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

We’ll return to the post title in a bit, but another day, another instance of Trump and Republican awfulness (boldface mine): Every Monday, Maurine Gentis, a retired teacher, waits for a delivery from Meals on Wheels South Texas. “The meals … Continue reading →

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Duke Zeibert’s

Posted on November 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

No place left in D.C. where you can get a good matzah ball soup and prime rib, sadly. Observed at the D.C. Historical Society: Look at the prices:

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The Business Rent Is Too High: The Austin, TX Edition

Posted on June 26, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

As part of our irregular series, we have another example of local businesses getting clobbered by massive rent increases, this time in Austin, TX (boldface mine): Just this week, Hut’s Hamburgers, in downtown Austin since 1969 (and on South Congress … Continue reading →

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The Business Rent Is Too Damn High

Posted on June 14, 2019 by mikethemadbiologist

While housing in many areas is too expensive, it’s worth remembering that business rents are also too damn high. Today’s example is the Sizzling Express in D.C.: Hang’s been getting a lot lately because after nearly 20 years as a … Continue reading →

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Crabs

Posted on October 11, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the Wharf, SW, D.C.:

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We Have Turned Oceans Into Deserts

Posted on August 30, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

At least when it comes to the macrofauna. Every year, Boston builds a fish weir: A fishweir is basically a large fence that is used to trap fish, which are then caught (usually scooped out of the water)… During the … Continue reading →

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The Rent Is Too Damn High: ‘Reinventing’ And Gentrifying Food

Posted on July 20, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Or as we point out often, you can’t have gentrification without a gentry. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Petula Dvorak observes this about D.C. (boldface mine): I visited a new Washington shop this week, a Temple of Cool so … Continue reading →

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The Oceans Might Not Be Suffering A Mass Extinction But The Carnage Is Awful

Posted on June 29, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Before I get to the oceans, I’ll describe something that Boston builds every year on the Boston Common: a fishweir. A fishweir is a fence used to catch fish. Believe it or not, it used to work: During the excavation … Continue reading →

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